| TABLE 7 : NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS BY SEX AND AGE GROUPS OF HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD FOR GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS. | |||||||||
| AGE GROUPS OF HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD | |||||||||
| AREA AND SEX | TOTAL | 10-19 YRS | 20-29 YRS | 30-39 YRS | 40-49 YRS | 50-59 YRS | 60-69 YRS | 70 AND OVER | NOT STATED |
| NEPAL | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 3328721 | 35805 | 501541 | 853135 | 792814 | 598440 | 381079 | 165907 | 0 |
| MALE | 2890104 | 31093 | 445269 | 760414 | 692837 | 513007 | 313515 | 133969 | |
| FEMALE | 438617 | 4712 | 56272 | 92721 | 99977 | 85433 | 67564 | 31938 | |
| MOUNTAIN | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 274135 | 3163 | 41850 | 68962 | 62899 | 52501 | 31621 | 13139 | 0 |
| MALE | 237203 | 2853 | 37844 | 61816 | 54010 | 44535 | 25863 | 10282 | |
| FEMALE | 36932 | 310 | 4006 | 7146 | 8889 | 7966 | 5758 | 2857 | |
| EASTERN MOUNTAIN | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 67504 | 621 | 10135 | 16774 | 14925 | 13251 | 8191 | 3607 | 0 |
| MALE | 56627 | 509 | 9154 | 14901 | 12462 | 10660 | 6307 | 2634 | |
| FEMALE | 10877 | 112 | 981 | 1873 | 2463 | 2591 | 1884 | 973 | |
| CENTRAL MOUNTAIN | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 94348 | 809 | 14482 | 22729 | 20455 | 17907 | 12260 | 5706 | 0 |
| MALE | 80757 | 706 | 12928 | 20440 | 17603 | 14991 | 9788 | 4301 | |
| FEMALE | 13591 | 103 | 1554 | 2289 | 2852 | 2916 | 2472 | 1405 | |
| WESTERN MOUNTAIN | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 4481 | 25 | 626 | 1046 | 1023 | 923 | 587 | 251 | 0 |
| MALE | 3610 | 21 | 550 | 926 | 839 | 716 | 403 | 155 | |
| FEMALE | 871 | 4 | 76 | 120 | 184 | 207 | 184 | 96 | |
| MID-WESTERN MOUNTAIN | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 47553 | 828 | 7672 | 13056 | 11806 | 8910 | 4078 | 1203 | 0 |
| MALE | 43784 | 798 | 7273 | 12147 | 10661 | 8119 | 3691 | 1095 | |
| FEMALE | 3769 | 30 | 399 | 909 | 1145 | 791 | 387 | 108 | |
| FAR-WESTERN MOUNTAIN | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 60249 | 880 | 8935 | 15357 | 14690 | 11510 | 6505 | 2372 | 0 |
| MALE | 52425 | 819 | 7939 | 13402 | 12445 | 10049 | 5674 | 2097 | |
| FEMALE | 7824 | 61 | 996 | 1955 | 2245 | 1461 | 831 | 275 | |
| HILL | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 1558493 | 16664 | 236582 | 374676 | 354309 | 295023 | 194489 | 86750 | 0 |
| MALE | 1297963 | 13859 | 200774 | 318199 | 297269 | 245045 | 155210 | 67607 | |
| FEMALE | 260530 | 2805 | 35808 | 56477 | 57040 | 49978 | 39279 | 19143 | |
| EASTERN HILL | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 262879 | 2232 | 39427 | 64103 | 59094 | 50148 | 32747 | 15128 | 0 |
| MALE | 225079 | 1896 | 35826 | 57607 | 50556 | 41743 | 25933 | 11518 | |
| FEMALE | 37800 | 336 | 3601 | 6496 | 8538 | 8405 | 6814 | 3610 | |
| CENTRAL HILL | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 483993 | 5251 | 79668 | 117293 | 108192 | 87244 | 57792 | 28553 | 0 |
| MALE | 424567 | 4514 | 73549 | 107530 | 95498 | 74432 | 46790 | 22254 | |
| FEMALE | 59426 | 737 | 6119 | 9763 | 12694 | 12812 | 11002 | 6299 | |
| WESTERN HILL | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 465516 | 3976 | 58915 | 104196 | 103949 | 94172 | 68912 | 31396 | 0 |
| MALE | 353151 | 2823 | 40239 | 76310 | 80878 | 75017 | 53638 | 24246 | |
| FEMALE | 112365 | 1153 | 18676 | 27886 | 23071 | 19155 | 15274 | 7150 | |
| MID-WESTERN HILL | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 221813 | 3164 | 38964 | 58669 | 53116 | 39744 | 21452 | 6704 | 0 |
| MALE | 193170 | 2793 | 34767 | 51873 | 46008 | 34237 | 17910 | 5582 | |
| FEMALE | 28643 | 371 | 4197 | 6796 | 7108 | 5507 | 3542 | 1122 | |
| FAR-WESTERN HILL | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 124292 | 2041 | 19608 | 30415 | 29958 | 23715 | 13586 | 4969 | 0 |
| MALE | 101996 | 1833 | 16393 | 24879 | 24329 | 19616 | 10939 | 4007 | |
| FEMALE | 22296 | 208 | 3215 | 5536 | 5629 | 4099 | 2647 | 962 | |
| TERAI | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 1496093 | 15978 | 223109 | 409497 | 375606 | 250916 | 154969 | 66018 | 0 |
| MALE | 1354938 | 14381 | 206651 | 380399 | 341558 | 223427 | 132442 | 56080 | |
| FEMALE | 141155 | 1597 | 16458 | 29098 | 34048 | 27489 | 22527 | 9938 | |
| EASTERN TERAI | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 491379 | 5075 | 79466 | 140638 | 119975 | 78586 | 47285 | 20354 | 0 |
| MALE | 440220 | 4519 | 73763 | 130038 | 107354 | 68459 | 39316 | 16771 | |
| FEMALE | 51159 | 556 | 5703 | 10600 | 12621 | 10127 | 7969 | 3583 | |
| CENTRAL TERAI | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 537087 | 5701 | 74406 | 147137 | 136301 | 91011 | 57698 | 24833 | 0 |
| MALE | 492656 | 5330 | 70397 | 138943 | 125508 | 81838 | 49395 | 21245 | |
| FEMALE | 44431 | 371 | 4009 | 8194 | 10793 | 9173 | 8303 | 3588 | |
| WESTERN TERAI | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 220163 | 1630 | 26222 | 54220 | 56157 | 40838 | 28079 | 13017 | 0 |
| MALE | 197679 | 1416 | 23469 | 49530 | 51031 | 36582 | 24432 | 11219 | |
| FEMALE | 22484 | 214 | 2753 | 4690 | 5126 | 4256 | 3647 | 1798 | |
| MID-WESTERN TERAI | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 146480 | 1978 | 24528 | 39198 | 37453 | 24183 | 13990 | 5150 | 0 |
| MALE | 133279 | 1719 | 22433 | 36269 | 34357 | 21789 | 12256 | 4456 | |
| FEMALE | 13201 | 259 | 2095 | 2929 | 3096 | 2394 | 1734 | 694 | |
| FAR-WESTERN TERAI | |||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 100984 | 1594 | 18487 | 28304 | 25720 | 16298 | 7917 | 2664 | 0 |
| MALE | 91104 | 1397 | 16589 | 25619 | 23308 | 14759 | 7043 | 2389 | |
| FEMALE | 9880 | 197 | 1898 | 2685 | 2412 | 1539 | 874 | 275 | |